Recently I have gotten this bad protocol 'tcp' error. I'm not sure what caused it to start but it wasn't always like this. I tried reinstalling perl and it didn't help. I'm running WinXP SP1.

Here is an example of the error while I was trying to get some modules...

ppm> search *
Searching in Active Repositories
Error: No valid repositories: Error: 500 Can't connect to
ppm.ActiveState.com:80 (Bad protocol 'tcp') Error: 500 Can't connect to
ppm.ActiveState.com:80 (Bad protocol 'tcp')